...Turn off the ignition after the engine stops (when "the sailing starts").
Wait ... what? ... that's a thing?
I don't think I was told to turn the ignition key off after the engine starts when I bought the boat 3+ years ago, and I've never done it.
What is the reason for doing that? What are the risks from not doing it?
Oh ... of course! - not when the engine starts, as I was (mis)understanding....Turn off the ignition after the engine stops (when "the sailing starts").
Nobody mentioned this, but the oil pressure buzzer reminds me to turn off the ignition when sailing starts.
My engine cutoff is back-pressure on the throttle. To also turn off the ignition I have to do the Ericson grovel-down to the cockpit panel below my tootsies. In the (loud) action of deploying and trimming sails, wrangling guests and dodging other boats, it would be really easy, without the buzzer, to forget to turn off the ignition.